I am trying to steer a good friend of mine that is interested in doing a Ph.D. that you can custom design. I have already recommended to him Union Institute with their Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies. Are you all aware of any other schools with similar types and USA based? I am not. Closest thing but not quite is Saybrook as per my own research. Thanks!
www.chumsci.edu Harrison Middleton University has an Ed.D. (and I believe a Doctorate of the Arts in the works) with largely customizable components.
Harrison Middleton University is accredited by DETC. If your focus is education then Prescott College might meet your needs. http://www.prescott.edu/academics/phd/index.html
Yes, although that may meet the person's needs. With its "great books" focus it's also a very interesting-looking program, and it's very inexpensive -- like 1/3 what Union costs. -=Steve=-
Union isn't so "self-designed" anymore. Look carefully. If you think it's still "self-designed" enough, also consider Walden and Fielding.
Now that I think about it, what do you mean by ‘self designed’? I ask because, in the end, what I’m doing at NCU is pretty self designed inside of some specific tracks. I mean I can totally choose the business topic, and select from a lot of different classes. The dissertation topic is completely up to me within some broad boundaries.. Also, as is pointed out above, is there an end usage in mind? Because depending on why the degree is being pursued can lead to very different program evaluation paths. Also, tangentially, the Harrison Middleton program is really cool. I started it this month and have completed three assignments in the first course, each of which culminates in a 60 minute phone dialog with a subject matter expert… mindlessly refreshing approach to DL IMHO..
Can you say something about your friends general area of interest? Business? Psychology? Sugar? Spice? Other things nice?
Hey! Thanks for your great suggestions! I am going to pass these on to my friend. He is interested in a doctorate that lets him do social scientist/historical thing with some psychological research component with it. At the same time it has to be a doctorate that sounds credible and qualifies to get into college/university teach as per the minimum regional accreditation requirement of 18 sem. credits per subject. I hope this helps.
+1, Once I was talking to Walden and as many of you folks know, I like that history stuff, and they said a dissertation with a historical perspective would be a workable topic. Dont ask me what the #@$$%*& major was...too many moons ago. But like Rich, I too have been intrigued by the low profile of Fielding...but I wish the price tag was not high profile. Gavin